The day is finally here! Today marks the release of Paramore's new album Brand New Eyes, which is fast becoming one of the most popular records passed around the MTV Newsroom. The band also launches their tour tonight, but last night they got a tune-up performance on the set of "The Tonight Show." Host Conan O'Brien recovered from his head injury well enough to welcome the band to the stage, where they played through their jittery, hook-heavy new single "Ignorance." Singer Hayley Williams sported platinum blond locks, which must be pretty new because she was still a redhead when MTV News visited her and hung out with the band in their hometown last week.
"I think we may have rocked!" Williams wrote on her Twitter page of the performance on "The Tonight Show." She also noted that she wore yet another pair of interesting socks last night, further reinforcing the idea that it's perhaps the part of her wardrobe she concentrates on the most. "I showed him my socks," Williams wrote, referring to host O'Brien. "I wore them for him cuz he's foxy."
These were the socks in question.
Click below for video of O'Brien's explanation of his head injury (he got a concussion racing Teri Hatcher in a triathlon) and scroll down a little bit more for Paramore's performance of "Ignorance" on last night's show (skip to the last segment of the program). And obviously stay tuned to MTV News for more on Paramore, their tour and the unleashing of Brand New Eyes.